By Happy Mulolani THE national budget is a critical tool for government policy implementation. Hence, the realisation of the right to food is provided through the directive principles of state policy. This means the legal recognition of the right to food in Zambia is…
By Mulenga Kalulu SPORADIC cases of Maize Smut, a common Maize fungal disease, has been recorded in Luwingu District of Northern Province. Speaking when he addressed several concerned farmers at the Luwingu Farmer Training Centre, Senior Agricultural Officer Aaron Mutale confirmed the district receiving…
By Jeff Kapembwa AFRICA should maximise its Domestic Resource Mobilisation through retention of more than US$88 being externalised in Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) and capital flight annually, and invest in climate financing to protect the environment and repair all related damages to the environment,…
By Happy Mulolani With last year’s drought described as the worst in Zambia’s history, the country witnessed dwindled production in the energy and agriculture sectors, as they were the worst hit. The exacerbated effects of climate change have led the country to deploy strategies…
By Stella Nyangulu ZAMBIA Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI), the Pan-African Bean Research Alliance and International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), have developed and implemented the building gender equitable resilience for adaptation to climate change across the Bean, Insect and Fruit Value Chain…
By Jeff Kapembwa Africa stands at the threshold of failing to fight hunger, reface new and rundown infrastructure and rebuild economies devastated by escalating debt burden, international and local headwinds and must strive to fight head on, the climate change which is the ‘Elephant…
By Jeff Kapembwa The Green Climate Fund urges debt-ridden African countries to look to capital markets or alternatively use Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to insulate themselves from climate change and raise resources to invest in their fledgling economies. Africa is estimated to lose an average…
By Gloria Siwisha The Eastern Province Jurisdictional Sustainable Landscape Programme (EPJ-SLP), a follow-up initiative to the recently concluded ZIFLP, has commenced the process of establishing an additional 200 Farmer Field Schools (FFS), in Eastern Province. This action would subsequently increase the number of FFSs…
By Annie Mulenga As Zambia continues to experience the devastating effects of climate change evidenced by the 2023/2024 farming season drought, persistent load shedding, and recurring floods in Lusaka, it becomes increasingly clear that human behaviour plays a significant role in exacerbating these challenges….
By Jeff Kapembwa South Africa, the current chair of the G-20 group of rich countries has noted with concern the gravity of climate-induced damage to the planet and that complacency will be more costly to redress the costs of recovery and rebuilding. Cyril Ramaphosa notes…
